Since the publication of Connecticut Birds, I know of 3 more Purple Gallinuleoccurences in CT - would need to check my notes for precise dates.There was one in Stratford in the pool across from R.E. Michel, late summer/early fall,and 2 I had in rehabilitation: one was d.o.a., originally found alive in Stamford nearthe Mill River, second one was rehabbed and flown to Florida, assisted by anAudubon staffer and Continental Airlines. Both birds were found in December.(I need to check records for location where second rehabbed bird was originally found). Meredith SampsonOld Greenwich
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From: Tom Baptist via CTBirds <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
To: Mntncougar at aol.com
Cc: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Mansfield Purple Galinule
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:36:00 -0400
>From Connecticut Birds (1990, Zeranski and Baptist) citing Frank Gallo
(Connecticut Warbler Vol 5:43-46): "Of 23 published reports since 1855, 16
are from coastal areas and 7 are inland in the Connecticut River valley".
Most CT occurrences are in May and June, so an immature in late September
is noteworthy. Perhaps this immature bird arrived some time ago with an
injured wing. Rails (and gallinules) are known for extralimital travel.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Don Morgan via CTBirds <
ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
> There is one thing about this bird I haven't seen others mention yet. The
> bird appears to have a damaged left wing, (first noticed by Phil Rusch, I
> believe), and I suspect it can fly very little, if at all. The wing hangs
> several inches lower than the right one, and flops when the bird walks.
> I managed to get some very poor pictures of the bird, but the sequence in
> the link below shows the wing fairly clearly I think.
>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/atwx6fto4hntfs4/AADYk1NWp3sb6bzlIcw6ecf7a?dl=0>> This may affect anyone who would like to go see this bird, since I really
> don't believe it will be able to leave any time soon. (directions posted
> by
> others). After discussions today it appears there are less than 10
> previous records of Purple Galinule in Ct.
> I think it would be a good idea to get the bird to a rehabber, but it is
> in a very difficult location, even though easy to see for long periods of
> time.
>> Don Morgan, Coventry, Ct.
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